IBM & CERN openlab for DataGrid Applications

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 6, 2003 @05:17AM from the i-got-your-application-right-here dept.

Jules V.D. writes "CERN and IBM today announced that IBM is joining the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications to collaborate in creating a massive data-management system built on Grid computing.IBM's innovative storage virtualization and file management technology, will play a pivotal role in this collaboration, which aims to create a data file system far larger than exists today to help scientists at CERN understand some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of matter and the Universe."

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Apropos Deep Thought by Ridge · 2003-04-06 09:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at some guys, throw one of those little baby-type pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think of how crazy war is, and while they're thinking, you can throw a real grenade.

-- Jack Handy